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You probably want to try out the preview release—and you can. Starting at 8PM today, Seattle time, you can download all of the code that attendees at BUILD received. This includes 32 or 64 bit x86 builds, with or without development tools. The releases also include a suite of sample/SDK applications and the SDK (please note these are merely illustrations of potential apps, not apps that we intend to ship with Windows 8). The ISOs are linked to from http://dev.windows.com. You download with a Windows Live ID (which you might want to use to test out some of the new roaming features).

The Win8 build they're releasing (the dev preview build) includes the Win8 OS, samples, SDKs, and Visual Studio. You do all of your dev and testing on that machine, either physical (if you install it on a real machine) or virtual (if you install it into a VM). Obviously to do touch testing and such you'd need a touch-capable machine, but the rest could probably be done either in a physical or virtual machine.

Correct - the build is a preview, not a beta or RC. It will only have what is necessary to start testing and building applications. From what I understand, we won't get a full OS release to test until the first beta, similar to the Win7 test cycles.

Correct - the build is a preview, not a beta or RC. It will only have what is necessary to start testing and building applications. From what I understand, we won't get a full OS release to test until the first beta, similar to the Win7 test cycles.

Windows 8 Dev release

Release Notes: Important Issues in This Beta Release of Windows 7These release notes address critical late-breaking issues and information about this beta release of the Windows® 7 operating system. For less serious issues, refer to Things to Know About This Beta Release of Windows 7 (Download details: Release Documents for this Beta Release of Windows 7)....

Installation & Setup

Some questions on windows 7 releaseI am a little confused about a couple thing when 7 is released and I hope you folks can help me out. I hope this is the right place to pose these questions and I hope they haven't been asked and answered before. so here we go:
Can I use the W7 upgrade disc to go from WXP Pro to W7 Home or does...

General Discussion

Windows 7 release dateso... is windows 7 release date is on october 22nd?? im confused when will it be released??? official one the gold wat ever u guys call it WHEN! my computer have virus and i want to get the final version i cant open my computer im using my VERY old computer... so.. when is it coming!!

A First look at Windows 7's Pre-Beta PDC releaseIs it a major release or just a revamped Windows Vista? That’s the big question surrounding Windows 7, which made its public debut in a keynote address by Steven Sinofsky today at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
Microsoft executives showed off the new Windows...